Hacksaw Ridge evaluation action
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Kim 2022-04-24 07:01:02
For me, the movie started after the soldiers actually went to war. The real sense of war makes people bloody, and can make people forget the previous chatter and gossip. People with religious beliefs and pious hearts may perform miracles in extreme circumstances, but this cannot be promoted as a value. If it's not a wonderful war scene, it's a bit of a Catholic propaganda film.
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Lemuel 2022-03-25 09:01:05
Every scene is like setting a sea god's needle, knocking hard in my heart. Watching Mel Gibson's play is like seeing a man in ragged clothes with a clear heart, bowing his head in three steps, slowly and firmly towards the temple.
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Prosecutor: There is only one question that any military court need ask of the accused: do you deny disobeying Col. Sangston's direct orders?
Judge: Well, do you, Private?
Desmond Doss: No, sir, I don't.
Judge: Why are you contesting it, then? Why is it so important to you, given your refusal to even touch a weapon to serve in a combat unit?
Desmond Doss: Because when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, I took it personal. Everyone I knew was on fire to join up, including me. There were two men in my hometown declared 4-F unfit, they killed themselves cause they couldn't serve. Why, I had a job in a defense plant and I could've taken a deferment, but that ain't right. It isn't right that other men should fight and die, that I would just be sitting at home safe. I need to serve. I got the energy and the passion to serve as a medic, right in the middle with the other guys. No less danger, just... while everybody else is taking life, I'm going to be saving it. With the world so set on tearing itself apart, it doesn't seem like such a bad thing to me to wanna put a little bit of it back together.
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Sgt Howell: I have seen stalks of corn with better physiques. Makes me want to pull an *ear* off, Private! Can you carry your weight?
Desmond Doss: Yes, Sergeant!
Sgt Howell: It should be *easy* for you then!... Corporal!
Corporal Jessop: Sergeant.
Sgt Howell: Make sure you keep this man away from strong winds.